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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Go to settings, and see if you see the option "Accounts and Sync". If you dont, then the data for it has been corrupted, happens to me.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tony45x220:
At one point it had dissapeared...I reflashed SRF over it and restored data from a nandroid backup brought back my accounts and sync tab...but the force closing issue has been happening ever since...any way to restore them on the same setup without having to Odin back to stock EC05?

Sent from my rooted, suited, & booted Epic 4G kno dat!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zanderman112:
Not that I have been able to find. I'm not saying no, I'm saying I don't know if there is.

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tony45x220:
So I'm basically looking at a user/system data wipe and fresh install to fix the problem huh?

Ehh might as well try one of the new EG22 ROM's while I'm wiping everything anyway I guess..

Sent from my rooted, suited, & booted Epic 4G kno dat!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
Think that may be your only fix if you already tried wiping only cache and Dalvik.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
........

DATA CORRUPTION STRIKES AGAIN!!!!! :eek:

I had a bad case of hidden data corruption, making titanium backup not install and some apps crashing (Solitare Challenge) also shootme app not saving the screenshots after i take them :eek:

I had to wipe data in clockwork and reflash and all is good :D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tony45x220:
lol...yes that's what I'm in the process of doing at the moment...which GB ROM do you think I should give a test run?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BeerChameleon:
one of the eg22 ones, im staying away from them cause i like my stable froyo with my themes and mods and i want official :D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JohnCorleone:
Same here. There are a lot of very good ROMs based off of the EG22 leak and there are more on the way but I am still using Froyo as my daily. I just love what Rodd3rik, thomasskull, and Tanimn have done with the kernels. Once the official comes out and they can add their magic to the kernels, I will be running Gingerbread as my daily
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
What do yo guys like and dislike about the phone?
[Motorola Photon 4G] fordhighlander:
Being the first dual core phone from sprint, being this fast is a huge leap forward. Love the qHD screen, and HDMI out. The radio in this phone is ridiculously powerful, have full service where I has 0-1 bar previously. The only downside, which isn't that bad, is playing all the new tegra zone games. I am burning through battery life...so time to carry a second battery. So far best phone I've had yet.
[Motorola Photon 4G] amperx:
second dual core.. i believe the EVO 3D is the first that Sprint has offered. That being said, I definitely prefer Sense 3.0 to BLUR, but that will be short lived until the ulocked bootloader is released.. i'm looking forward to rooting this beastly device.
[Motorola Photon 4G] manekineko:
Likes:

qHD screen

Double yellow flash LEDs make a great flashlight

All the stuff you already know about from the specs, like GSM world phone, kickstand, etc.

Dislikes:

Pixelation caused by PenTile display

Tegra 2 is smooth, but could be smoother

Locked bootloader

The artist formerly known as Motoblur is still only okay, and was quickly replaced by Launcher Pro by me

No 5Ghz 802.11n
[Motorola Photon 4G] kiwiBeans:
Received the phone first thing Friday morning, have a early launch day EVO 3D as well. Purchased this for travel use, so will be using it for a while before I re-activate the 3D - even longer if it grows on me more than the 3D did. Initial impressions from weekend of use:

Like:

- Kickstand is back (original EVO owner). It's still a bit "wobbly" but the bonus is that it's software functional (pulling it will activate landscape viewing and even bring the phone out of sleep) and the phone can be flipped horizontally on either side - the stand will not collapse (but the surface + volume rocker + camera button may get scraped up)

- Camera shutter button

- Data encryption options (have to look into this more, though)

- LED lights up in multiple colors

- GPS radio is faster than my 3D - can get an accurate lock in moments.

- Reception/antenna seems stronger. Many more bars showing, and downloads seem faster (than my 3D).

- Lots of built in memory (weird that it appears as SD Card, though)

- Speakerphone is loud as hell.

- Ear speaker is clearer than my 3D.

- Grooved/textured volume rocker and camera button.

- Back cover snaps on TIGHT, has soft touch 'rubbery' finish

DISLike:

- Kickstand is a pain to "kick out". On the upside it's snug in there and won't flip out unintentionally. Then again, the EVO's never did, either.

- Camera shutter button is one-stage only

- CANNOT shut off shutter sound. WTF.

- The stock gallery app is pure garbage. You can't even view the folders that contain photos in an overview. It's literally view all photo files, view all camera photos, view by location or view by tag.

- LED does not light up when charging. WTF?

- No included SD card

- Back cover is HARD to get off. You'll feel like your nail is going to flip off or you're going to damage the slot you're pulling on.

- Even with the soft touch back cover, phone still feels very slippery...

- Pentile display is horrible. Just pixels - all I see are pixels. I didn't even know what pentile was until I Googled to find out what the heck was up with this display. Colors seem "off" and all edges I see are jagged. Text appears blurry due to 'pixelation'.

- Stock launcher seems choppy/laggy. Is this a frame-rate issue? Not sure but using something like Go Launcher is smooth as butter.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Zac95:
Doiiii. Evo 3d.
[Motorola Photon 4G] predwing:
I love it, I work for sprint and played with it over the weekend and it performed much better then my 3d. The netflix app works perfect no bad picture like I have on my evo 3d. The kickstand is hard to open but I hope over time it will get easier. The speaker volume is a lot better then the 3D. Con is motoblur is not that great yet, but with launcher pro not that big a deal. Also I miss the quick settings in notification bar like the 3D has. Also Sprint ID but its optional on this phone. And all the junk widgets on it when you first get it takes a few mins to remove and put up what you want. The optional dock to use is amazing and with the bluetooth keyboard makes it a computer on your big screen. The lack of SD isn't that big a deal to me since I always use the 16gb one I have had for awhile, if it had one I would just take it out and replace it with mine anyway. Over all in my personal opinon its the best phone sprint has and best phone I have played with.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kawaski47:
Agreed! The build quality on this phone is top notch. The speaker is loud and sounds great. Volume and power buttons are clicky and love the ridges. The beveled glass is a beautiful touch. Gives the screen depth and you can tell its gorilla glass
[Motorola Photon 4G] fester225:
Biggest problem I have are three things

1st. Battery percentage is only in increments of 10 percent, wtf?

2nd SwiftKey x I can't get the audible key press to work

3rd the pentile screen is pixel hell

Other than that it's better than the 3d
[Motorola Photon 4G] Digitaltigre:
I went from an Epic to the Evo 3D and decided to do the 30 day swap to the Photon to give it a try while I wait on the galaxy s II.

PROS:

Tegra 2 processor is very powerful. Access to the Tegra Zone games on a phone is really cool. Most of the games I have on my Xoom run on the Photon.

As said before, the speaker on this phone is really good. The Evo 3D was whisper quiet.

I really like the shiny, glossy smooth finish although it is a bit slippery

The display is extra dark somehow. I believe there is a filter in there making it darker. OLED > LCD but this phone eases that pain.

Moto blur or whatever it's called is garbage but then again Sense is a memory hog and touchwiz sucks. In any case it's all about ADW for me anyway.

The kickstand and docking options are really nice to have. Most manufacturers overlook the dock aspect but Moto has been really good about it.

Lots of memory available. Thankfully they also included an sd slot.

CONS:

No access to quick settings in the notification tray. This really bothers me. I guess I've been spoiled by having this. If you are in the middle of using an app it's such a pain to have to go back to the home screen to bring up the app drawer to find settings - wireless - and turn on wifi.

Video compatibility is lackluster. Don't expect to encode an mp4 and just have it work. I have to spend some time figuring out what is wrong. The Galaxy S played anything I threw at it. This photon and my xoom are both very fickle about codec support.

Google music bug. My (cloud) songs will just keep playing after they reach the end. So a 3 minute song will have played twice once it hits 6 minutes and so on until I skip the track. This happened on my Epic but was not a problem on the Evo3D.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pajinki:
I love the phone other than one thing:

The location of the HDMI and USB port. If I want to use the kickstand and charge at the same time, no go. Pretty much forces you to buy the dock.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kiwiBeans:
Not true. Flip out your kickstand, and try setting it down with the volume rocker and camera shutter button on the bottom. You will see that you can, which allows you to have the two ports plugged in.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dfin13:
Really? That is one firm kickstand if that's the case! I just tried flipping my Evo like that and the kickstand snaps back into the phone.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kawaski47:
Ya when it's open, it's open. Works GREAT
[Motorola Photon 4G] manekineko:
Give Quick Settings in the market a try, works great, other than the 3G/4G toggles not working yet.

I can't believe Google hasn't built this in yet. It's a really horrible user experience having to go into settings to deal with wifi and other frequently toggled settings.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
Which is all the more reason I'm stunned HTC didn't include a kickstand on the 3D. Considering the EVO 4G with kickstand was the flagship device, it seemed pretty bizarre to me to remove the one thing that differentiated it from other devices.

The Photons kickstand is super strong. It doesn't flip out as fast as the EVOs but I haven't had the phone long enough to find a quick way to do it or a one hand approach.

As far as the Pentile screen or screen door affect as others call it; I haven't seen that. Its been reported if you turn screen brightness down, the screen becomes bearable. Out-the-box, I thought my screen was pretty decent.

Its hard to know a phones pro/cons based on 5-10 minutes play time in a store. I purchased the EVO 3D so I could decide for myself if it was the next best thing...IMO, it wasn't. Got the Photon for same reason. Currently the Photon is a keeper but on the other hand, I've only had mine since last night- not long enough to give detailed opinion on.

I did have ONE issue which turned out to be user error. My pics were all dark and blue. I forgot to remove the blue protective strip off the back of the lens. :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] horn34:
What issues are you having? Mine has played almost everything I've thrown at it that doesn't have anything over 2 channel audio. It will not play 5.1 or DTS encoded files. Also, it doesn't seem to like high profile encodes (4.1) either.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kiwiBeans:
Additional Pros:

Gingerbread UI elements are here. The old tube television screen off animation I had on the Nexus S but they took away from the Evo 3D is here.

Additionally, the subtle color cues when you hit the edge the screen or menu - if you continue to pull or push the screen the color cue fades more into the screen real estate.

Encryption option is awesome. I tested it for a while today on both the internal and SD card memory.

Additional Cons:

The color scheme is unfortunate - light/baby blue? Really? It's this way on the Verizon Droid X2, also. I wish they at least allowed a way to change it to something else. It's not even that it's not a masculine color - it's that it's hard to see. The color cue I mentioned above when you hit the edges of screens and menus is BARELY visible when it's baby blue.

Encryption is seemingly all or nothing. If you want to simply copy photos you've taken to your desktop for backing up... well, I don't know how you'd handle this yet. Once you encrypt, everything to move to and save to one ot he encrypted locations is locked up tight.
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
The trick on the kickstand is to push down on the hinge end with the grooves cut in it with your thumb nail...this pops out the other end to grab with your index finger

(motorola photon rule seem to be "grooves cut in it" = "push here")
[Motorola Photon 4G] kiwiBeans:
This is what I did ALL the time with my EVO. It was one of those things I did when I was bored - like tapping a pencil. Except with the original EVO you didn't need to press that hard at all.

On this, that method works but it takes some pressure - as you've said. Then again, some people may not know about the notch for your fingernail located in the middle portion of the kickstand facing the bottom of the phone. Right where that speaker grate looking thing is. Once you do it a few times to get a feel for which way the stand kicks open it's a cinch. Also, has anyone else noticed that if you take off the back cover and look at what that speaker grate looking thing is covering there doesn't seem to be a speaker hole... :confused:
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Pro or Con, depending how you look at it:

Doesn't take long to read the Photon forums. Lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] mediawiz:
Here's my 2 cents...

I have the Photon HD Dock. I think it's pretty cool (liked that it came with a remote, and that it works with standard keyboard & mouse, and looking at an HDMI screen is more pleasant than always having to look at a small phone display), but... I was sad/disappointed it did not come with any sort of "Media Center" software (ie: WMC, XBMC, MediaPortal, ...). I would think that sort of software would be a staple for a “media dock” sort of hardware product (a device that displays your phone on your TV).

See link ("Media Center for Android" on this forum):

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16231589#post16231589

I was also very disappointed with the "Webtop". It looks OK when you start it up, but there doesn't seem to be any way to add links to other apps to the shortcut bar across the bottom. (Seems like I can only add links to web sites. Is there someone at Moto that thinks the only app we ever run on our phones is a web browser?) It was also sad that I couldn't have a separate window on the desktop for other apps running on the phone (ie: 1 window for Winamp, one window for Trillian chat, one for the phone app, etc... instead of all of the apps running in the same window, with tabs to select which one). It would have been much better if the multi-tasking in the webtop worked more like Honeycomb. (ie: 1 small window for each standard Android 2.x phone app that I you run, and bigger or full screen windows for apps designed for the webtop.)

I have heard people complain about both "Blur" and and “Sense. That seems ridiculous to me. (Whether you like it or not) Blur is no problem because there are plenty of replacement Home/Launcher apps (LauncherPro, ADW, Go, ...). If you don't like the stock launcher on any Android phone, don't use it. (I'm currently using LauncherPro, but may switch to the new Honeycomb launcher that's on the market.)

I think the screen on the Photon is pretty __ing good, and I love the resolution. Anything less than this was pretty bad. Just sorry it took the industry a few years to get this far.

One of the main reasons I bought it was the Tegra 2 CPU. That's what's being used in most of the current high-end tablets, and when it comes to graphics, Nvidia is a leader. I also felt that since so many of the Honeycomb tablets are Tegra 2 based, when Ice Cream Sandwich comes out, it should be a pretty straight-forward port.

The device is made by Moto, so you should expect at least a few things that are annoying. (I sometimes wonder if anyone at Moto uses the products they make.) One of my current gripes is the email program. That being said, I don't currently like any of the Android email programs. (Waiting for Thunderbird to be ported. But then, the Honeycomb mail app did seem like an improvement.)
[Motorola Photon 4G] codee:
2nd item on yout list is out of Motorola's control I believe...
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
Is this running blur or sprint id?
[Motorola Photon 4G] frozndevl:
Yes, it is.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
Sometimes I think these forums are filled with children.

Some of us *members* actually wanted this phone. I don't understand why there's so much hate towards it. Its either snide comments or downright insults towards anyone who happens tombe happy with THEIR purchase.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kawaski47:
Agreed
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
I really wasn't going to get this phone. No interest. Didn't care for Motorola at all. I had the 3d when it came out, returned it. I was going to wait for the sgs2. Then the evo I was using broke. So I went with the photon. Now that I have it, I am so happy with it. Even if the sgs2 comes out soon, I think I will stay with this.
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
I got mine and I love it plus the case I got with it as for the pixelatiom when I do see it its a good thing idk y but I like it
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
This phone is running Sprint ID, not blur
[Motorola Photon 4G] kiwiBeans:
I think you may be confused. This phone is indeed running Motorola's Blur or Motoblur or whatever they are referring to it as now. It's their custom interface overlay on top of plain or "vanilla" Android. The easiest way to see this first hand is to use a Nexus device, like the Nexus S and see how it's different. From the layout of the screens, the dock on the bottom, the user interface cues, etc.

Sprint ID is something else... I can see how you might be confused. Rather than explain what it is (because I don't use it and could make mistakes), please refer to this from Sprint: http://developer.sprint.com/site/global/develop/sprint_id/sprint_id.jsp . Think of Sprint ID as a "theme" for your phone.

This phone has both.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
Then what is moto blur running through? It is running through sprint id.
[Motorola Photon 4G] kiwiBeans:
Are you asking me or telling me?

If you're asking me, blur is not running through anything. Did you even read the Sprint ID link I posted above? Sprint ID is nothing but " ringers, wallpapers, apps and widgets downloaded all at once, in one click based on the Sprint ID pack they choose – it personalizes their home screen automatically". You're just downloading something that changes those few "cosmetic" (more or less) things and changes them at once. Again, it's a theme.

If you're telling me, then you're right, Moto Blur is running through Sprint ID. In fact, the Atrix on AT&T, has Moto Blur so it's running through Sprint ID. I imagine AT&T paid Sprint a lot to allow them to do that.

If you still don't believe me, see this review: http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/motorola-photon-4g-sprint/4505-6452_7-34830808.html that states: "The Motoblur interface isn't for everyone, and we found Sprint ID to be an unnecessary add-on."
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
OK thank you for the explanation. I'm just saying that on every other phone that sprint id is a completely different launcher. But I guess that is not the case on the photon
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
After more use, I'm finding the EVO 4G took WAYYYYYY better pics. The Photons pics are blurry on the phone and don't look any better when viewing them on my computer.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Whosdaman:
Does this phone support wifi calling?
[Motorola Photon 4G] inimitableac:
Two tips

1 don't install zeam launcher or flikie wallpapers hd they have cause me and my friends photons to go into boot loops

2 if your looking for wallpapers download PicSpeed HD wallpapers from the market they have some good wallpapers
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
I'm finding the opposite is true for me. Sharper images with the Photon and even truer color rendering on the Photon when compared to the E4G. I dont think you're alone as it seems there may be some bad cameras. I read one major review of the phone complain about blue pictures and I bet they never took off the blue protective film. I trust you didn't overlook something so simple?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Digitaltigre:
Thanks for the tip. I know about the 3g/4g not working with quick settings so I've come up with another solution instead that uses Motorola's widgets. Widget Locker can put them on the lock screen which you can get to without going too far from what you are doing and Power Strip which will overlay right on top of what ever you are doing making it very easy to get to.
[General Questions and Answers] cfs_mihai:
Hello,

I'm not very keen on starting this kind of thread, but comparative information is pretty scarce on the internet.

I'm planning on getting my girlfriend an Android phone soon and I'm stuck between these 3 models due to my budget:

1. Sony-Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini

2. Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570

3. Motorola BackFlip

The Xperia was what she originally saw and liked, but in my opinion its not very good. The Samsung appears to be the safest bet, and the Motorola is something i've just seen 10 minutes ago and seems very good on paper (hardware-wise) but that screen seems too small and the keypad is not something she (or i) would like very much. Plus that flip mechanism i'm sure will not last very long.

Now i turn to you, the community, for opinions. I'm a bit stuck between these. Any input would be great!

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] DaXmax:
The best for me is x10 mini...

1. X10 mini has many stuff u cn do n u cn root it n update to 2.3 cyanogen... Cons: lag of multitouch n qvga

2. Galaxy mini has ginger update too, but i dunt understand too much abt rooting it... Cons: qvga

Best : Able to overclocked to 800mhz :rolleyes:

3. Backflip... I tink is lame...

But for a budget hvga fone, i recommended optimus one or x8... :)
[General Questions and Answers] cfs_mihai:
Thank you for your reply. I know about Optimus One and it is superior to those 3 that i've mentioned. Unfortunately it's $35 US more expensive than my budget (my budget being what those 3 cost). This is a spontaneous decision and there is not a lot of money to be spent. She doesnt care that much about the technical side but she would enjoy the apps and everything and i could certainly help her discover more about Android. She prefers the smaller devices as well. So no optimus one.

I might just end up with the samsung. Im still not sure.
[General Questions and Answers] DaXmax:
As i stated up thr.... x10 mini....
[General Questions and Answers] apenz147:
Hi im Galaxy Mini Expert User!.... :D

For me galaxy mini is the best so far for apps and middle and low end games..... :)

Its good for multitasking and just 10% of laggy..... :)

I think galaxy mini is best and the screen is good for typing and playing games..... :)

And galaxy mini is so simple to do many things.... :D

I recommended u to buy Galaxy mini but the choice is up to u....;)
[General Questions and Answers] luck_shawn:
My wife has a backflip, I got it for her in July and its been durable but broken a few otterbox cases (just the front piece). The best rom has been cyanogen mod 7.1 even tho it frequently freezes it has performed way better than the stock 1.5 & 2.1 that Motorola provides. If a good phone is above your budget, just spend the extra lil bit. It'll be worth it in the end.